Art Reflection for geometric patterns

1.What did you start with?

In the very beginning, I started with a very beginner design, I mainly started with shares like petals squares and rectangles.I mainly followed the characteristics of the assignment but, I found it quite hard in the beginning as it was something that I never did before, I first didn't really have much idea but then I attempted drawing something in the beginning.With the help of the usual guidelines, I got to abacus drawing.However, with the help of the guidelines from my teacher I was able to come up with a good design for the assignment.

2. What did you do next?

After I completed my first draft of my design for the assignment, I went and took some feedback from my etcher.From the feedback, I decided to draw a new one but the same design, however, I would develop the feedback that she gave me into it so then I could go to the next step.Oe major thing I had to change was the petals and she suggested that if I made them straight lines than it would be so much better.Another thing is that A piece of feedback was that I needed to make sure that all the details in the piece were equal to each other to make it accurate but also presentable and majorly detailed with shapes making a smooth appearance to the piece altogether.

3. Why did you choose that (brush/color/pencil)?

After I did the two drafts for my design, I started choosing the color schemes that I thought would go well together so that I would color the piece.I started making different combinations, I had three different combinations that I wanted to choose from at the end.For the colors, I also used my teacher's help.I had a warm combination, a summer combination and then I had a combination with both color types.At the ned, after attempting we saw that the best combination of the design was the summer and warm combination was fit for it.For the brush, I used a thin brush and a smooth one due to how I wanted it to be neat as when the brush is smaller and thinner it is easier to control when it comes to coloring also, as I wanted to make my trial combinations clear in color.I also used a thin shape pencil as it made the drawing extremely neat.

4. Why didn’t you choose a different (brush/color/pencil)?

For my design the reason I didn't choose a thick pencil it would have made the pice look extremely not neat or even tidy due to how it would have been thick making it also not look very presentable.The reason I didn't choose a thick and rough brush was that it wouldn't be as neat as painting would not be as controlled and may cause in me painting out of the lines but also when it comes to trying it will not be clear of the brush is rough and thick.For the colors, the reason I didn't use the warm color combination or the vibrant color combination was that one was too bright and the other felt too dull and didn't have a variety of colors, also, each one felt like it was missing a color to just make the piece as good as it can be in terms of color but also so that it fits the criteria of the type of design.

5. What problems did you encounter?

I encountered multiple problems throughout the whole process.One of the problems that I encountered was that when I was drawing my details were not accurate in my first draft of the design.Other than that another problem that I faced was when I was seeing what each thing would be colored was that I wasn't able to easily decide what each shape should be what color.Another problem that occurred multiple times was not all the colors of the palettes were similar so each lesson I would've to spend the time to find the color that I used the lesson before it.The same issue happened with the brushes as most of the class used thin brushes so they would finish quickly and it would take me a long time to find a brush that I should use for the piece.

6. How did you solve them?

The way that I solved the issue of not having accurate shoes was that I measured the squares inside the grid and divided them equally by my shoes and used a ruler to draw all my shapes equal to each other.For my issue of seeing what each shape in the pice should be colored as, I numbered them and tried each door in the shape and since I had 4 different shapes I used 4 colors so that each share would have a color and whatever was next to each other I would make sure the colors complimented each other and didn't ruin the appearance of the piece.For my issue of the palettes and the brushes, I would sometimes share palettes with others if I didn't have the color I needs.For the brushes, I tried to not waste time and make sure to be able to get a brush as quickly as possible so that I got one I wanted and if I didn't I would swap brushes with people every now and then during the lesson.

7. Were their issues you couldn’t solve?

There were very minimal issues that I couldn't solve.There were only one or two as most of the time all the issues had a solution.One issue which didn't have result was that in my final I had to remove a part of my piece as it codlin fit at all dos I had to include it form my piece leaving a part of my piece not included.Other than that I believe that I didn't really have an issue that I couldn't solve.

8. What is working well and why?

I believe that most of the process and the results of each step were quite good and was going well.One of the rings that went well was that I was able to think if a design but after many trials.A second thing that also went well in the process was that my teacher was able to help me a lot which really helped make my process even easier.Something else that worked well was that the second draft for my piece looked really nice and actually exceeded my expectations of its appearance as it was my first time doing it.Also, after trying the combination, the color combination that I chose turned out be really well.

9. What isn’t working well and why?

I believe that even though most of the things through the process went well I think that some things didn't really go well throughout the process.One of the things that didn't go well was that I found it hard to think of a design so it took me a long time to start drawing.Another thing that also didn't go well was that when I painted my brush strokes appeared due to how I wasn't extremely good at painting os in the piece my strokes lightly appear from my brush.Something else that didn't go well was that after doing my design I saw that it wasn't as creative as I wanted it to be and it wasn't as detailed, the reason for that was that when I researched I found much better things than my design so I slightly improved my design in the final like making it more accurate so it could be more accurate and have more details to make it more complex in appearance.

10. What did you learn in this piece that you can apply to the next?

From this assignment doing this piece, I learned things like different artistic skills and things like styles and color combinations.One thing that I learned for the first time was how to draw a piece like this which was a geometric arab piece, I learned the different folds of this type of art.A second thing that I also learned was how to make accurate shapes by calculating the width and divide it by the shapes that you are drawing so that each shape is an equal measurement to the rest of he owns next to it so the appearance is neat and also acquirers in detail. Other than that I also learned was how to use a T scale which is used to make you liens perfectly straight I also learned how to use a water brush where the brush would have water inside if it so the watercolor would be good quality when painting.This time was my first time learning how to make color combinations and how to see what Colors match together for a piece.Another thing I learned was how to use shores to put them in a way and an angle so that they form an appropriate Islamic piece.Meanwhile, I learned about art in Islamic and the history of its use, also where it is used nowadays like mosques. Lastly and most importantly I learned a new style of art and how to use simple skills like show drawing and painting to compose an appropriate piece.

To conclude, I believe that is have done well in his assignment and that my result was very appropriate and presentable.However, I still think that I could improve but, I have benefitted a lot from this assignment as I have learned a lot artistically but also found it really enjoyable.

Here are images of my process:

Reality TV questions

1) I believe that reality Tv is actually more entertaining than dramas or documentaries are shown on television.The first reason I believe so is that I think that reality tv is more realistic than dramas while for documentaries they are too factual making them boring for us as they are not very entertaining while in reality Tv it tries to be realistic as possible making them relatable to us making them entertaining more us as if we relate we would be entertained as how they may be having the same experience as us and watching their behavior in a realistic experience rather than watching something that is factual and only benefits us knowledge wise but not entertainment ways unlike tv shows. A second reason why reality TV is more fun than documentaries is that they would be more interesting as you know that it is not fake like dramas but even though it might be controlled to a certain extent to us it is watching another person life which would be more entertaining than seeing things that are trying to educate you.Other than that people usually enjoy knowing about other peoples lives and as humans we enjoy gossip so reality tv is something that is quite close to gossip as it involves you in another person's life which us as people of the society find fun since it is in some sort telling us about other peoples lives which is close to gossip as t is about other people.The last reason is something that I find funny would be seeing funny moments that could be embarrassing for the person which most of the time is only available on the fictional drama of reality TV.To conclude, I think it more entertaining to watch reality TV than documentaries as it is more entertaining than learning through facts and images. and also as people usually watch TV for fun and not actually for learning as we have more than enough resources for that, however, it still depends on the person's age and interests as sometimes people would prefer learning than being entertained.

2)I think some there are many ethical and moral issues that could occur on a reality TV show like Big brother.One of these issues could be that how they are filmed 24 hours a day could be exceeding their privacy not allowing the people to act comfortably and they might not be able to perform their private and personal things.A second moral or ethical issue could be that reality TV actually forces unsuspecting people to humiliate themselves publically towards many people just to gain more earning for money form the show.In reality TV they are essentially telling people to suffer inform of the whole world just for the benefit of the people that are responsible and not giving the person any benefit but just making them horribly embarrass themselves worldwide which is quite morally wrong but also ethically.Other than that a third ethical and moral issue that occurs in reality TV is that usually people that volunteer for reality TV shows usually signs a release before going into the show.Most of the time on tv shows when the volunteers sing the Delaware’s the realizes don’t necessarily say the exact serials of what will happen in their experience in the reality Tv show.Simeukes companies do tell the whole truth but sometimes other companies don’t necessarily say what happens fully as ty want more people to volunteer so that they succeed in the show.The reason they do that is that if they put every single detail and say it to the volunteer they know that the volunteer won’t necessarily agree to it due to how they would t want to humiliate themselves.And that is the ethical and moral problem as companies don’t tell their volunteers at the beginning not allowing the volunteers to know the truth about their job.That then makes the volunteer naive about what they are doing and then the producers add in whatever they want according to their desire so that the gain according to what they produce as their reality tv show.

3)Different contestants may have different opinions, however, there are some main reasons for why contestants would want to quit the TV show would due to many things.One reason that they may quit would be  that they don't feel like  they have their own privacy in the house and they feel that they are exposed for the whole time causing them t feel uncomfortable at their stay at the house which then might cause them to quit due to them feeling uncomfortable due to the extra exposure and the lack of privacy.A second reason why they might want to quit would be that they may feel furious maybe after staying some time in the TV show, the reason they may feel angry and furious would be that they don't trust the producers since when the volunteers signed the release before they were in the TV show maybe not the same thing happened in the period of time they worked in as was said in the release that they sih=gned causing them not only to feel uncomfortable but also lose their trust in the company causing them to also feel slightly unsafe causing them to feel a little worried when they are there causing them to sue this as a reason to quit the TV show of reality TV.A third possible reason for someone in a Realy TV show to quit could be that they feel like they would rather not humiliate themselves in front of people as they know that by humiliating themselves they would be embarrassing themselves in front of many people as they are on television.Maybe some of them would then decided that they would rather not get money but keep their reputation secure and not embarrass themselves worldwide.HOwever, sometimes it depends on the time of person whether they care about their reputation or not or they would rather get money and become famous with a humiliating reputation than not be famous and get a regular job and not having a humiliating reputation within the population that watches the reality Tv show worldwide.

4)I believe that reality Tv shows are not actually real at all however, there may be some parts of it may be true however, most of the things that are in the show are done by producers and are not actually real.The first and the main reason that I think That Tv is actually not very real strat form the volunteers.It was the ad that when the volunteers enter for the job they sign a release and most of the time what is said in the release isn't actually what is dine in the TV show.That is the main reason as they don't want their volunteers t not want to enter it so they try and not tell them the real truth about reality TV and the show they are doing.A second also main reason for why I think that reality TV isn't actually real is that according to my research most of the producers take separate videos and put them back together so that they create a situation between two characters or so that they create a story or most that the TV show could have to make it attractive to the audience and make it more adventurous or as they say even dramatic most of the time.Other than that they also do a lot of editing to not show how the show really is, another reason they do this is to create dilemmas to make the show more attention-grabbing as most if we as people get attracted to arguments or issues which the producers think will then attract us to watch their TV show.To conclude I believe that reality TV is not very true but may be slightly true, and even though it is not scripted producers still edit it into something that is not really so that it attracts the audience.

House plan

Today in our class, we had a small activity. What we had to do was that we had to get together with another person and work in character to create a plan for how we image the house and how we would want it to be.For this activity I worked with Kiyara To create the plan.

In this task I wokred with a partner to make a house plan of what we imagine the house shiuld look like.We pout difffeent rooms like the kitchen, the living room, the bedrrom, the bathrrom, the diray room, the poool and many others.We also drew them in dofferent sizes hsowing how we imagined each room to be in a certain area of the house.In the drawing we out all the rooms that us as our charcters imagine will be in the house.During this task we acted like our charcters to see our similarities and craete rooms that we would want liek skin care and make up.We alos put things that fit to waht we love as our charcters liek a room that we coudl use.

For example we put a bar where we could have drinks as my charcter is someone that worked in a bar so I would use the bar since my charcter has experinece in it.We also out the pool as we daw that both our charcter senjoyed swimming which was our reason for out pool.We also decided to add things like a sauna csince we feel like we deserve alot of luxury since we are very attention seeeking so we added things liek the makup room and a sauna since as attention seeking people we belive taht we shoudl as famous people or more like celbraties which is why we put these uxurrios fetures in our house plan.

FInally as you see we made the different rooms in the house different sizes.The reason we did this as a team was we did the sizes accroding to ur importance and we did that to show how much each of us has a charcter that finds things more important than other things.There are mnay eaples since in the plan it shows that we gave more space for the dining room showing how we give more importance to the dining than the toilets and the laundry room and the gym whoing thta we thing the dinng room is mroe impornat than any of these rroms.Hwever, the biggest room in the whle plan is the living room.What this shows is taht we think that the most important room os the living room.But, if you notice we made the bedrrom the same size ss the iving room ahiwing that we give the sae importssnce to the living rooms and the bedrrom which also reflects on our charcters for this unit and what they like but also  what they find important in their house or lifesttyle being the people theu are with theur personalities.

To conlude I foudn this task to be very enjoyable for en but it was also very enjoyable ti work with soemone else as our cgacters as it was a very nice experince it terms of practicing being my chracter eith someone else also ating as their chacrter,Other than taht I also think that it was very ebneficial for me as it gave me a chnace ti develop my charcter in terms f epxressions but slaos behavior for exmaple, I decided to make my charcter a little nicer and more opren after having this experince.

Here is an image of the plan that we created:

Reflection:

In this lesson miss decided to put us in groups of 4 people. As we are focusing on the tv show big brother we were given a task to do in our characters. The task was to act like we were in our characters and we are entering the house for the big brother tv show. We had to express our emotions through actions. For me I decided to act exaggeratedly amazed like that was nothing I saw before. 

In my group I had Davide, Malak and Yusup. What we did was that we made a scene where we decided for me to go in and see all the places in the house.Then Malak would come in and we would talk for some time.Next Davide would come and we would continue talking with him and then Yusup would come in and since I was the first one to come in I would show them around.After that we decided for me to make them drinks as my character is bartender and we would just talk.For the three freezes they were when we first met, then when I went to show them the rooms in the house and finally when we sat down to talk. 

In this experinece we had to create our own scene.We had to use our charcters personilty to fit it into the scnee and also see how each charcter should act in each part of the scene.Other than that we also practiiced it a multiple times and we had to choose whther we shoudl do extrenem expressions or not.Alsp we gad to see what expression we m=need to do whiel doign the parts of the scene.For exmaple fior me I had to see when to act surprised but when I shoudl be mean.I als gad to see if I needed to do extreme part so tahn my acting could be good and so that my caghrcretr ciuld appear clearly to the audience with my acting nad my expressions.

Anothee thing is taht I think that this experience was very ebneficial for me as it was my frist time to act in fron t if an audinece as my chacrter.Other than taht I was also able to show my development in my chsrcater from y aost class as I decidede ot slightly hcgnae her behavior.Lastyl I think that it was also very beficial for me as I was able to experience a new part of the unit which helped me learn new things taht  I shoudl develop in my charcter fr the enxt time I act with a group so taht I could improve my expression of y charcter but also my general behavior liek speech, or discussion or hand motions and amny other things that I could improve in my charcter.

Here are three images of our three freeze frames:

Here is the video of the scene that we created together: